Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
key thoughtleaders
Norwegian translation:
foregangspersoner
English term
Ecuador
15 years experience
Native in: Norwegian 
Works in: English to Norwegian, English to Norwegian (Bokmal)
key thoughtleaders
sentrale tankeledere??
Proposed translations
Canada
Accurate-Professional-Diverse Experience
Native in: Norwegian
Works in: English to Norwegian, Norwegian to English, Danish to English, and 1 more.
foregangspersoner
Sworn translator, finance expert
Native in: Norwegian
Works in: English to Norwegian, German to Norwegian, Swedish to Norwegian, and 8 more.
viktigste innovasjonsledere
Ref: "Thought leader is a buzzword or article of jargon used to describe a futurist or person who is recognized among their peer mentors for innovative ideas and demonstrates the confidence to promote or share those ideas as actionable distilled insights (thinkLets)."
Ref 2: "Fra innovasjonssinke til innovasjonsleder
Mer næringsrettet forskning og utvikling som ender
i kommersialiserte nye eller vesentlig endrede produkter.!
Norway
Automotive, PC, IT: Fast, high quality
Native in: Norwegian
Works in: English to Norwegian, Norwegian to English, German to Norwegian, and 3 more.
ledende tankebærere
Spain
No Nonsense
Native in: Norwegian
Works in: English to Norwegian, Spanish to Norwegian, Catalan to Norwegian
de mest innflytelsesrike personene
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Note added at 26 mins (2006-12-06 17:30:58 GMT)
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"Meningsskaper" er kanskje ordet du er ute etter.
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Note added at 16 hrs (2006-12-07 09:44:20 GMT)
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Wikipedia: Thought leader is a buzzword or article of jargon used to describe a person who is recognized among his or her peers for innovative ideas and demonstrates the condfidence to promote those ideas. The term can also be applied to companies, usually small businesses.
Norway
Business, law, technical, and medical
Native in: Norwegian (Variants: Nynorsk, Bokmål)
Works in: English to Norwegian, Norwegian to English, Swedish to Norwegian (Bokmal)
ledende nyskapere
Se morsom link.....
Committed to excellence!
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: Norwegian to Portuguese, English to Portuguese, Portuguese to Norwegian, and 1 more.
ledende tankeskapere
In my humble opinion, "tankeskaper" is a good translation for thoughtleader.
If you read the whole article at the address given below, I guess you too will find "tankeskaper" to be a «good idea»
By the way: "idé-skapere" is another «finne thought»... don't you think so ? ;)
"... legger han for dagen en velutviklet «sans for spekulasjoner,» som gjør ham til en skarp og ironisk tankeskaper, en hvileløs gransker av tingene, et utforskende menneske ..."
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